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COLLAR AND NECKTIB HOLDER.- No. 461,319. Patented Oct. 13,1891.

A TTOHNE rs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. OARRUTHERS, OF VVINNIPEG, CANADA.

COLLAR AND NECKTIE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,319, dated October 13,1891.

Application filed April 13, 1891. Serial No. 388,736. (No model.)

was, of WVinnipeg. in the Province of Manitobaand Dominion of Canada,have'invented a new and Improved Collar and Necktie Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a neat device of simple and durable construction, which when attached to a shirt at the back will serve for buttoning the collar in place and also effectively retain a neckscarf in proper position.

Theinvention consists in the novel construction hereinafter particularly described, and defined in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a View illustrating'the manner of applying the device and connecting the collar and scarf band thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

In constructing my improved collar and necktie holder 1 form the same of a baseplate a, from which the several details are supported. The plate a is provided at the bottom with a suitable device for attaching it to a shirt, said device in the present instance consisting of a safety-pin b, the loopspring I) of which is soldered or otherwise held to one end of the lower edge of the plate a, the shield b for the pin-point being secured at the opposite end of said edge, the arrangement being such as to enable thepin b to engage a shirt at the back, as illustrated in Fig.

1, and the pin-point caused to engage the shield 5 At the upper end of the plate a a button or stud c is provided, and when the device is secured to a shirt said button serves for buttoning the back of the collar, as 6. Below the button 0 a retainer d for the neckband of a scarf is formed on or seen red to the plate a to range vertically,or approximately so.

In the form shown this scarf-retainer is in the form of a spring-tongue stamped up from the material of the plate a and curved outward slightly at its lower e11d,as'at d, for the convenient entrance of the neckband of the scarf.

The above-described device will be found a desirable article of its class, as it is of neat and strong construction, very effective in obtaining a proper and secure adjustment of the collar and neckscarf, and is less liable to become lost or mislaid than the usual buttons employed for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a

collar and necktie holder comprising a baseplate provided with abutton at its upper end, a safety-pin at its lower end, and a downwardly projecting and curved spring-tongue between the button and safety pin, said tongue being struck up from the material of the plate, as set forth.

GEORGE F. CARRUTHERS.

Witnesses;

O. J ARDIN, E. S. CLARKE. 

